In April of 1943, Irma Dryden was assigned to the Tuskegee Air Base hospital in Alabama to support the pilots of the Tuskegee Experiment.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Alfred “Uncle Al” Rodrigues. Al served during World War II from 1940-1945.
Bernard Hubbard earned a Bronze Star for fixing so many communication lines in the middle of the night under heavy artillery and gunfire.
Bendix Peterson initially served in the National Guard at Fort Preble in Portland with an artillery company until his discharge in 1909
Following the start of the Korean War in 1950, Jim Hansen enlisted with the U.S. Navy. He served from 1951-1955. He went on to serve as congressman in Utah.
While in Burma, Tom Hardwick's battalion was part of Morris Task Force. Their job was to open up Burma Road, in order to get supplies to the Chinese forces.
All except for three were killed. The remaining soldiers were captured. Joseph Annello was held as a prisoner of war until he successfully escaped May 1951
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran and Former President George Herbert Walker Bush. He served as a pilot during World War II.
Ninety-nine-year-old Army Veteran Marcella Ryan LeBeau is today's #VeteranOfTheDay.
Inspired by her father’s service as a submarine sailor, Jeanne Bartelt joined the Marines believing it to be the best service.
Bleysin Welch served as a liaison officer facilitating logistical communication between the 10th CSH in Fort Carson and the 10th CHS in Iraq.
He swore into the Army as a Cadet in the Air Corps. Harold Riley became a pilot in the newly formed Army Air Corps in the 24th Aero Squadron unit.